Corbin is a former offensive lineman for the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League as well as a three-time Golden Gloves champion and former grappling champion.
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Thomas Pestock (born September 13, 1984, Lenexa, Kansas, United States) is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player better known by his in-ring name Happy Corbin. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand.
Corbin was born in Lenexa, Kansas on September 13, 1984. By 2007, he was a two-time Golden Gloves regional amateur boxing champion. He also participated in the 2008 Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions in the super heavyweight division, defeating Chaen Chess in the preliminaries and losing to Andrae Cathron in the quarter-finals.
Corbin is a former offensive lineman for the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League as well as a three-time Golden Gloves champion and former grappling champion.
He signed with WWE in 2012 and was assigned to their developmental brand NXT as Baron Corbin. He debuted on the main roster at WrestleMania 32, winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. He went on to win the 2017 Money in the Bank ladder match and the WWE United States Championship once.
In 2018, he was made the Constable of Raw and started a feud with Kurt Angle which culminated at WrestleMania 35, with Corbin defeating him in his retirement match. A few months later, he won the 2019 King of the Ring tournament, thus changing his ring name to King Corbin until June 2021, when he lost his crown and subsequently became destitute. Since then, he won a lottery and became a millionaire and started using the name Happy Corbin.
| Name | Thomas Pestock |
| DOB | 13 September 1984, 37 years |
| Height | 203 cm |
| Weight | 129 kg |
| Occupation | Professional wrestler, Football Player |
| Professional Debut | 2012 |
| Wife | Rochelle Roman |
| Professional Name | Happy Corbin |
Corbin signed with WWE in August 2012 and was assigned to the NXT brand. Using the ring name Baron Corbin, he made his in-ring debut on October 18 at a house show, losing to Dante Dash. He started a feud with Rhyno and defeated him at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable. Corbin then teamed up with his former rival Rhyno as a tag team to take place in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. They defeated the Ascension in the first round, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa in the second round and Chad Gable and Jason Jordan to advance to the finals of the tournament, where they lost to Finn Balor and Samoa Joe.
Corbin made his main roster debut at WrestleMania 32 and won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. He was drafted to SmackDown on July 19 at the WWE draft. Corbin confronted Dolph Ziggler, who had earned a title match against WWE Champion AJ Styles. A match between the two, with Ziggler’s title opportunity on the line, ended in a double count-out; as a result, Corbin was added to the title match.
In 2017, Corbin entered the Royal Rumble match at number 13, notably eliminating Braun Strowman and lasting over 32 minutes before being eliminated by The Undertaker. He then won the Money in the Bank match and earned a world title match. Corbin interrupted a match between John Cena and WWE Champion Jinder Mahal and then cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. He was pinned by Mahal after being sidetracked by Cena, becoming the third wrestler to fail to win the title in a cash-in.
Corbin won the King of the Ring tournament by defeating The Miz, Cedric Alexander, Ricochet and Samoa Joe. He defeated Chad Gable in the final to win the tournament and subsequently changed his ring name to King Corbin.
He has since gone on to name himself Broke Baron Corbin and is currently known as Happy Corbin.
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WWE United States Championship (1 time)
Andre the Giant Memorial Trophy (2016)
King of the Ring (2019)
Money in the Bank (2017)
Corbin married Rochelle Roman in 2017. They reside in Tampa, Florida and have two daughters.
Corbin played in four Division II National Championships as an offensive lineman with Northwest Missouri State before going undrafted to the NFL in 2009. There, Corbin latched on with the Indianapolis Colts multiple times before landing a futures deal with the Arizona Cardinals.
Happy Corbin has undergone several name changes since 2019. He was known as ‘King Corbin’ and then ‘Sad Corbin’ and now he’s ‘Happy Corbin’ on WWE programming. The name change came from Vince McMahon, Corbin shared during his appearance on the Out of Character podcast.
